Coleridge family sells out.

Read faces, spot the terrist. According to this article, Airport Security in the U.S. searches people's facial expressions. Profiling by different means. [NYT, reg. req'd.] more inside

On the occasion of Castro's birthday -- a testimonial written by Alexandre Trudeau, son of Pierre.

A Presidential Bust for Clinton.

Well, did he open it or not? Ain't nothing that a good blow with a sledgehammer can't fix.

Hilarious House of Frightenstein! The best kids' show EVA is back on the air, BABY, to teach children all about hippies, vampire midgets, eastern philosophy, recreational drugs, 70s proto-trip-hop, the Grammar Slammer, a gorilla being knocked out repeatedly by baseballs, more drugs, early rave culture, lessons about animals, confused racial stereotypes, pie-in-the-face and fat-man jokes, and of course, chilling poetry as performed by the incomparable Vincent Price. They don't make 'em like this any more... more inside

"Teddy Bear" -- "Love Me Tender". "Hound Dog" -- "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" "Treat Me Nice". "Rip It Up". "Don't". "Tryin' To Get To You". "I Beg Of You". "Don't Ask Me Why". "Dontcha Think It's Time"? "Surrender". *"All Shook Up"* "It Hurts Me". "Let Yourself Go". "Too Much" "Hurt"...

Make your own motivational poster. Don't say I never gave you nuthin'. Go nuts.

Battle of Panjawai. A Canadian soldier in Afghanistan describes the 3-day mission that lasted 14 days. (Annotated version here.)

Curious George and his Fantasy Football. Sister Renault has to join the office fantasy football league. She needs a name for her team. I told her we could help. more inside

Soviet sumbarine-base photos. I've lost my first-year Russian a long time ago, so I have no idea as to the context. But it's a Soviet sumbarine base. Inside a mountain. You need more? more inside

R.I.P. Patsy. Toronto Matriarch died Monday.

Zombie Dance Party leads to WMD arrests. Wait -- zombies dance? [via obscurestore]

More of everything the same on TV. We've talked about crap tv lately, and how everything is the same. Look for the trend to continue -- NBC will have the longstanding SNL, but there will also be two meta-SNL shows as well, supposedly going behind-the-scenes, competing visions of Aaron Sorkin and Lorne himself. Apparently, there's even a war brewing. more inside

Curious George and his Crocs. This Croc fad is all over the place (it exploded in Ontario back in the spring, putting us disturbingly behind Mississippi), but when did they show up in your neck of the woods? Did you cave to the comfort, or are you still calling them fugly? more inside

How to tell a Thompson from a Thomson. Or a Dupond from a Dupont. Or a Jansen from a Jansens. Whichever you'd prefer. more inside

Curious George can't get simple concepts. We've all be stranded on this giant ball spinning through space for a while now, and during that time we've learned a few things -- to stop for reds, who's buried in Grant's Tomb, or how mittens work. However, we all have some very simple ideas, that no matter how many times they've been explained, that our respective brains simply cannot comprehend. more inside

Cronenberg on Warhol. David Cronenberg talks to the ceeb about a show on Andy Warhol's dark side he's guest-curating at the AGO.

Curious George and his car tunes. Well, summer cruisin' season is upon us. Time to roll down all the wagon's windows, drape your arm over the door, and staight-arm steer at two o'clock, blasting out tunes all over the nieghbourhood and having the bass reverb dislodge all the plastic in your car. What cruisin' tunes do you prefer, to aid in your non-chalant pissing-off of everyone within earshot? more inside

July 1st Kickball Invitational. There's a International Kickball tourney going on in New York on Canada Day / Moving Day / next weekend. Seems they're still debating the rules. Man, I wish I lived in Brooklyn... more inside